Legal & Privacy

Privacy Policy

All information provided to Dorset Police via
our website will be treated in confidence and will not be disclosed
to third parties without your prior permission, unless we are
required by law to do so.

Some elements of this site may require the
provision of personal information, for example our online surveys
or feedback forms. The provision of this personal information is
entirely optional. Where personal information is submitted, we will
only process that information where it is necessary to facilitate
the purpose for which it is provided. Information will only be held
long enough to respond to your enquiry or comment.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user’s
computer tied to information about the user. Your preferred web
browser can be configured to not accept cookies or to request
your permission each time a website wishes to place on cookie on
your computer. Due to their role in enabling functions or site
processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain
parts of this website. For more information on how you can
configure your web browser, please consult the help section for
your particular browser.

The Dorset Police website utilises analytics software to
monitor the use of our website. This software does not place
any cookies on your computer.

Certain functions on the Dorset Police website require cookies
to be placed on your computer, these include:

Subscriptions - If you subscribe to a page to
be notifed automatically of amendments or updates a cookie
will be placed on your computer. This cookie will enable the
subscribe/unsubscribe function to work.

Online Polls - If you participate in an online
poll, a cookie will be placed on your computer. This cookie enables
you to view the current voting results. The cookie also enables the
function of the polling system to ensure you can only vote once in
any poll.

If you do not make use of the above functions,
cookies will not be placed on your computer.

This cookie stores your voting option if you participate in an
online poll. This cookie remembers you have voted and prevents you
from voting more than once and also displays the current poll
standings.

This is a cookie that ASP.NET uses to store a unique identifier
for your session. This cookie allows you to interact with the
website. This cookie contains no personal information about you.The
session cookie is automatically deleted when you exit your
browser.

Third Party Sites

The Dorset Police website contains many
hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These
third party websites will have their own privacy policies and use
their own cookies and you should review these policies. Dorset
Police is not responsible for the content of these third party
sites or liable for the privacy practices of third party
sites. Consequently, Dorset Police assumes no
responsibility for the content of these sites and will not be
liable for any claims by third parties for any damage or injury
arising from reliance on the information on these websites.